Lonestar Regional 2010

[JaneYoung]

For me, the mark of a good match is the show of determination, good coaching, and grit. We saw a lot of that in these teams.

Congratulations to all of the award winners. Well done.
A special congratulations to FRC 2881 on the Judges' Award - you made Austin proud! Congratulations to 118 on the Chairman's!

Congratulations to 418's, Danny Diaz, on the 2010 Lone Star Regional Woodie Flowers Finalist Award. I know first hand, the amount of work and effort that Danny puts into FLL in our region and the amount of work, effort, inspiration, and encouragement that he brings to 418. I'm sure his wife, Dawn, and his daughter, Olivia, are very happy to see his tireless contributions recognized in such an awesome way.

Lone Star added two Dean's List Finalists to the group:
Ashvin Bashyam from FRC 2583 and Carlos Pineda from FRC 1480. Congratulations and well done.

The webcast was wonderful; kudos and thanks to the addition of the color commentary and interviews. That was a welcome and awesome addition and I hope to see more of that in our future.

Well done Lone Star,
Jane

[Danny Diaz]

Originally Posted by Pjohn1959

Congrats to Danny Diaz from 418, the new Woodie Flowers winner at Lone Star.

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Congratulations to 418's, Danny Diaz, on the 2010 Lone Star Regional Woodie Flowers Finalist Award. I know first hand, the amount of work and effort that Danny puts into FLL in our region and the amount of work, effort, inspiration, and encouragement that he brings to 418. I'm sure his wife, Dawn, and his daughter, Olivia, are very happy to see his tireless contributions recognized in such an awesome way.

Thanks everyone for the congrats. This means a lot to me; I have a wonderful group of guys and gals on 418, and great mentors that I work with (like Jane and Bertucci) who really help/force me to step up my game every year. This is something I will treasure forever!

-Danny

[TubaMorg]

Lone Star added two Dean's List Finalists to the group:
Ashvin Bashyam from FRC 2583 and Carlos Pineda from FRC 1480. Congratulations and well done.

We were very happy to see Carlos join the Dean's List Finalists. If anyone knew his story, you would realize he truly epitomizes gracious professionalism. He suffered a tragic personal loss at the beginning of the season and he kept coming to work on the robot. Every day. Not a single person would have blamed him for stopping, but he didn't. He was committed to the job and he saw it through to the end. No excuses...ever. Enough said.

I would also like to extend our thanks to our 8th seed alliance partners 2587 (The DiscoBots!) and 2583 (Westwood HS) for joining us! We played them hard in an excellent alliance and the Lonestar Champs.

Congratulations to 118, 148, and 647, you guys did great! It was a very exciting finals.